Create a New Story Title Contest

"One hundred award-winning and classic children’s stories are
faithfully adapted and brought to life in this comprehensive 16-DVD
collection. From the Maurice Sendak classic Where the Wild Things Are to the beloved adventures of Curious George and Corduroy
parents and children alike are sure to enjoy these classic treasures
featuring celebrity narration from Sarah Jessica Parker, James Earl
Jones and many more! Runtime: 14 hours, 41 minutes."

Your Mission: Create a new story title that combines words from 2 to 3 titles from the list of 100 Scholastic stories in the DVD pack (see the official list of 100 titles below). Entries will be judged based on creativity, originality and humor. Have fun!

You may rearrange words in the original real titles and discard unwanted words.

You may add only one word to your new title that doesn’t exist in the original real titles (no obscene titles, please).

You may add punctuation and pluralize words.

After stating your new title, list the original real titles you utilized.

Example using one added word:Harold and the Purple Crayon Visit Trashy Town1. Harold and the Purple Crayon2. Trashy Town

Example using only original words:The Day Curious George Ate The Paperboy1. The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash2. Curious George Rides a Bike3. The Paperboy

Submit your contest entry via the comment form below. To be eligible, you must include: the new title, the 2 to 3 real original titles, your name or nickname and a valid e-mail address in your
blog comment.

Your e-mail address won’t be published, but will be used to contact
you if you win (check your spam filter just in case!). The winner must
provide his or her shipping address to Thingamababy within 1 week of
the winner notification e-mail being sent. Thingamababy will then share
the address with Scholastic’s publicist for the purpose of shipping the
prize.

The contest ends 11:59 p.m., Friday, October 10, 2008, Pacific time.

The contest is open only to residents of the United States or Canada
(your shipping address must be in the US or Canada). The DVDs are in
Region 1 formatting (you guessed it, viewable only for US and Canadian
DVD players).

People from other countries are welcome to participate purely
on a for-the-fun level, but please add the prefix "Outlander" to your
name to help distinguish your unofficial entries. Again, if you do not
have a shipping address in the US or Canada, you will not be awarded
the prize. Think of it as one of Thingamababy’s many just-for-fun game
posts.

When the contest deadline has passed, my wife and I will narrow the
submissions down to our 5 favorite submissions to win the 16-DVD collection and
those winners will be announced on Thingamababy.